on whether the old prohibitions on trade with foreigners in Spanish-American ports have expired — the Mex. papers show ships of many nations now trading & paying duties; foreigners may settle in Mexican territory by embracing Catholicism; will petition the Cortes to admit foreign artisans ('con la mezcla de hombres laboriosos') to cure the inhabitants' *dexidad*; the govt won't raise import/export duties (the Prov. has few *arbitrios*); ⭐⭐⭐ 'Guillermo, compañero de D.n Luis Macala' [= William Hartnell, partner of Hugh McCulloch] wishes to contract with the missions for 25,000 @ (arrobas) de sebos, cueros de res y otros productos' (the founding McCulloch-Hartnell hide-&-tallow proposal) — ✎ quantity CORRECTED 40,000→25,000 at full res 2026-07-05 (verification pass; the numeral matches the '25' of the same leaf's 'pp. 25–8'); Savage's own '(sic)' follows 'Macala' in the copy; + recovered detail: the day before, the Gov. went 'á visitar á Luis Quastara [? unidentified — Savage phonetic] en Misión de Sⁿ Carlos'
| Date | 1822-06-11 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Gob. de Cal.s (Monterey) |
| To | P. Prefecto |
| Series | State Papers, Sacramento |
| Tomo | X–XIX (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | XVIII·25–28 |
| Savage copy page | 351–353 |
| Scan leaf | n350–352 |
| Document type | abstract (corr.) |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Gob. de Cal.s (Monterey) to P. Prefecto, 1822-06-11, State Papers, Sacramento, X–XIX, XVIII·25–28, Archives of California, C-A 56, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. [the tomo is given as the volume’s full range: this entry has not been resolved to a single tomo within X–XIX]Cite the document by series, tomo and original tomo page, as the literature does; the C-A number locates it in the repository. To cite this catalogue entry itself, use https://archivesofcalifornia.com/record/ca56/ca56-d403.html- Previously read McCulloch–Hartnell contract quantity 40,000 arrobas.. "desea ajustar con las Misiones 25,000 @ de sebos, cueros de res y otros productos" — 25,000 (numeral crop-matched).